Revised Dearness Allowance rates across all ROP categories to take effect from July 1, 2025
The Nagaland Government has announced a revision of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Additional Dearness Allowance (ADA) for State Government employees with effect from July 1, 2025. The Finance Commissioner, Kesonyu Yhome, issued the notification on November 18.
According to the order, employees drawing pay under various ROP (Revision of Pay) Rules will receive enhanced DA/ADA at the following revised rates:
· ROP Rules 2017: DA increased by 3%, raising the rate from 55% to 58% of pay in the Pay Matrix.
· ROP Rules 2010: DA increased by 5%, from 252% to 257% of pay in the Pay Band including Grade Pay.
· ROP Rules 1999: DA increased by 8%, from 466% to 474% of pay including Dearness Pay.
· ROP Rules 1993: ADA increased by 22%, from 1416% to 1438% of pay.
The government stated that provisions laid out in the Department’s earlier Office Memorandum dated November 1, 2011, will continue to apply while regulating DA and ADA under the revised order.
Arrears accumulated between July 1 and October 31, 2025, will be credited to the respective GPF or CPF accounts of employees. Cash payment of DA will begin only from the November 2025 salary onwards.
The order clarified that arrears up to October 31 will not be paid in cash, except in cases where employees have retired, died, or are due to retire on superannuation before April 30, 2026. Employees without a Provident Fund account will be allowed to draw arrears only after an account is opened.
For employees under the National Pension System (NPS), 10% of the DA arrears will be deducted and deposited into their NPS account, while the remaining amount may be paid in cash.
All heads of offices and DDOs have been instructed to carefully examine DA/ADA arrear bills to ensure that no cash payments are made to ineligible categories. Certificates indicating the exact date of retirement must be recorded in all cases involving retiring employees. Treasury Officers have been directed to strictly enforce these conditions.
The government has further stated that the arrears credited to PF accounts will not be treated as part of the accumulation for temporary or non-refundable withdrawals until February 28, 2027. However, this restriction does not apply in cases involving final withdrawal for employees who have retired, died, or otherwise ceased service.
The revised DA/ADA order comes into effect immediately.
